Actor Dennis Quaid told podcaster Joe Rogan that his new film, Reagan, was targeted by Meta’s subsidiary Facebook.

“We are censored by Facebook. Facebook has banned advertising and many podcasts,” he told Rogan.

“Really? Just because it’s a positive movie about (former President Ronald) Reagan? Is that the idea? Is that what bothers you?” Rogan replied.

“The reason for that was that the content was ‘an attempt to influence an election,'” he explained, adding, “I mean, the last time I heard Reagan was on the ballot was 40 years ago.”

Rogan then asked: “Do you think a positive Obama film would influence the election?”

“Well, there was an Obama movie that came out in the election year of 2020. And you don’t know anything about it. To me, that’s just an act of banning or censoring that material to influence an election,” said the Reagan said Stern.

Eric McClellan, Director of Digital Marketing for the Reagan The film’s producer had attempted to “boost” an ad on the platform, but found that while he could publish the ad, he could not convert it into a paid ad to gain wider reach for the film.

According to reports, Facebook has Reagan The film’s account was temporarily deleted after it posted footage of Quaid as Reagan, and has since called it “a mistake.”

“This occurred because our automated systems incorrectly determined that content about President Reagan required prior approval under our policies for ads about social issues, elections, or politics,” the social media platform said. “This was an error and the restriction on the ads has been lifted.”

“They said it was a ‘mistake,'” Quaid told Rogan about the social network’s restriction of advertising for the film on its platform. “They said it was their automated systems that detected it.”

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Rogan replied, “Oh, how convenient.”

The film, a biopic of the late former Republican president starring Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller and Jon Voight, is scheduled to be released on August 30.